The days of eavesdropping on the New York Police Department may be coming to an end. The NYPD says it wants to reimagine its current police communication system and transition to encrypted messages by ...

Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...

So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday before the Christmas holiday weekend. It’s safe to say that not a lot of people saw the initial release. And those who did might not have ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(KTHV) - Those who listen to emergency radio scanners might have noticed only static coming from all the central Arkansas scanner channels. It's a change North Little Rock ...

The ability for the public and media to listen to police scanner activity may come to an end or be drastically altered when Luzerne County implements a new 911 radio upgrade. County officials plan to ...

Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to shortwave ...